James Faulkner, the English actor who recently played Downton Abbey’s Lord Sinderby, has been recruited by Game of Thrones, reports Watchers on the Wall. According to the write-up, the actor, who excels at intimidation and stone-cold parenting, will play Lord Randyll Tarly, the father of the lovely Samwell Tarly (John Bradley-West), in the HBO drama’s sixth season.

On this past season of Downton Abbey, Faulkner played Rose’s father-in-law, whose disapproving tune changed once a skeleton in his closet surfaced. Here’s a look at Faulkner in white-tie as Sinderby.

If you’d like your mind properly blown: the actor also appeared in Bridget Jones’s Diary as Bridge’s grabby Uncle Geoffrey.

In other Game of Thrones casting news, Watchers on the Wall adds that Olivier Award-winning actress Samantha Spiro will join Faulkner as Sam’s dear mother. And Rebecca Benson, who appears in the Michael Fassbender film adaptation of Macbeth, rounds out the Tarly family as Sam’s sister.

Take a look at Faulkner below, dressing down a butler in a scene from Downton Abbey, and determine for yourself whether you think he’ll make a fittingly stern Randyll Tarly.